I just wonder. Were minority children, such as Afro-Americans allowed in the Peanut Gallery. I do not recall ever seeing even one.

Yes, I'm old enough to remember watching Howdy Doody every day, at least until the Mickey Mouse Club arrived in 1956. The budgets for kid shows back then must have been appallingly low. Cheap sets, ad-hoc scripts, recycled silent movies, and "cartoons" that made Clutch Cargo look like Disney by comparison. Still, we loved it, just as we loved practically anything and everything that came out of that flickering box. How we managed to stay awake for the entire half-hour show eludes me. I suppose we could have changed the channel if there was another channel to watch. No need for remotes back then.